Another Government Employee:For the audacity and nerve Madoff has, there is still one thing that bugs me. The only reason he does hard time is he scammed the 1%. All those other bozos who scam us laugh from their yachts.

To be fair, a lot of middle-class people were hit hard by him, but yeah, it was because he hurt so many wealthy people that he became so reviled. It's okay to destroy the world economy through manipulation of libor and bond market rates, subprime mortgages, credit default swaps, and so on, because hey, people with capital can make bank in a recession. Don't fark with the wealthy though.

What's that thing people say whenever someone gets shot while stealing... oh yes, "possessions aren't worth a human life". So we should all feel bad cause all he took was possessions, and this is a human life we are talking about, right?

Boojum2k:aurorous: His only mistake was he scammed rich people. If he had simply stolen from the middle class and poor like the rest of Wall St. he'd be a free man today.

I guarantee he damaged far more poor people's lives than the rich he scammed.

Here locally, there was a plumbers' and pipe fitters' union that he farked - the opposite of the Silver Spoon crowd. People who worked hard all of their lives and scrimped and saved to be able to retire and spend their senior years in a bit of comfort lost everything they had worked for. F*ck this guy.

Use him as a test subject for some radical new cancer treatment. That way maybe he can contribute to the human race before he kicks.

Only if it works, give him a new kind of cancer and keep trying shiat. Repeat as necessary.

Another Government Employee:For the audacity and nerve Madoff has, there is still one thing that bugs me. The only reason he does hard time is he scammed the 1%. All those other bozos who scam us laugh from their yachts.

You hurt me! Do you think what I am do is scam?

Do you think I have giant yacht because of scam?

Let me tell you!

You buy my video. 100% guarantee if you not happy and rich after 30 days. You see how you can become happy and rich like me. Then you understand this not a scam.

namegoeshere:Use him as a test subject for some radical new cancer treatment.

I've heard that getting kicked in the nuts repeatedly has shown promise. I'm not sure if it works, but it's worth a try.As a bonus, you could probably find a lot of people who'd pay $10 for the chance and you could use that cash to fund more cancer research... win-win.

Another Government Employee:For the audacity and nerve Madoff has, there is still one thing that bugs me. The only reason he does hard time is he scammed the 1%. All those other bozos who scam us laugh from their yachts.

That Guy Jeff:What's that thing people say whenever someone gets shot while stealing... oh yes, "possessions aren't worth a human life". So we should all feel bad cause all he took was possessions, and this is a human life we are talking about, right?

Your television =/= some old person's pension.

/had me laughing near the end though, so I'll give you 8/10 for this one

Another Government Employee:For the audacity and nerve Madoff has, there is still one thing that bugs me. The only reason he does hard time is he scammed the 1%. All those other bozos who scam us laugh from their yachts.

Yeah, no, that's a quite common misconception.

Check out "American Greed" on CNBC some time. About 85% of those who get taken by Madoff and his ilk are ordinary people who've saved up enough to make it worth investing and want only to have enough extra income to not have to live on hamburger and cat food during their golden years. Or to leave a little something to their grandkids. They're not wealthy bozos who deserve to get taken.

That Guy Jeff:What's that thing people say whenever someone gets shot while stealing... oh yes, "possessions aren't worth a human life". So we should all feel bad cause all he took was possessions, and this is a human life we are talking about, right?

I was on the fence about his cancer until your post.

What he took from some people was their life savings and their future.What he took from me (directly) were two of my biggest donors, forcing me to close a non-profit that helped children and the elderly. About 40 regular clients, their families - not to mention employees and volunteers.If we are weighing his human life, the end of it in pain and incarcerated then I must balance that against the other human lives he impacted - he comes up short even when I add in his son's suicide.